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	<title>Comments on: PFLAG Tulare &#038; Kings Counties: Our families deserve better</title>
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		<title>By: DW</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2024/02/16/pflag-tulare-kings-counties-our-families-deserve-better/#comment-142855</link>
		<dc:creator>DW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Oct 2024 03:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2024/02/16/pflag-tulare-kings-counties-our-families-deserve-better/#comment-140597&quot;&gt;Dave M&lt;/a&gt;.

All I have to say is vote your conscience. If you don&#039;t vote then you have nothing to complain about. Everyone here practically has the same rights. It just depends on which right you choose to exercise.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2024/02/16/pflag-tulare-kings-counties-our-families-deserve-better/#comment-140597">Dave M</a>.</p>
<p>All I have to say is vote your conscience. If you don&#8217;t vote then you have nothing to complain about. Everyone here practically has the same rights. It just depends on which right you choose to exercise.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Reeves</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim Reeves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Jul 2024 22:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2024/02/16/pflag-tulare-kings-counties-our-families-deserve-better/#comment-140597&quot;&gt;Dave M&lt;/a&gt;.

You&#039;re simply wrong about that, Dave. 
Straight pedophiles vastly outnumber those that are gay. You tend to hear about the gay ones because that sells newspapers and generates &#039;clicks&#039; online. There is no more &quot;a goodly number&quot; of gay pedophiles than there are in any other group you might want to focus upon. 
While there are certainly gay teachers, there&#039;s no more of a likelihood of them being pedophiles than straight teachers. Indeed, if we go by the general population statistics, there is a 90% chance that any pedophile teachers are straight. 
I also want to be sure you are clear on what pedophilia is: it&#039;s the sexual attraction to PRE-pubescent children. I suspect you are equating pedophilia with hebephilia, the strong, persistent sexual interest by adults in pubescent children who are in early adolescence, typically ages 11–14, and ephebophilia, the sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19. 
Ask any woman how many men hit on or sexually harassed her almost the moment she hit puberty. Those were not gay men.
Most straight men are not pedophiles.
Most gay men are not pedophiles.
Pedophilia is not a sexual orientation, nor does it have anything to do with one&#039;s sexual orientation.
Pride month and the Pride flag represent a large number of wonderful, intelligent, artistic, caring, loving, brave, outgoing, shy, professionals, artists, laborers, and more. Basically, every type of person you can think of. 
I&#039;ll keep flying my flag, and celebrating Pride month.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2024/02/16/pflag-tulare-kings-counties-our-families-deserve-better/#comment-140597">Dave M</a>.</p>
<p>You&#8217;re simply wrong about that, Dave.<br />
Straight pedophiles vastly outnumber those that are gay. You tend to hear about the gay ones because that sells newspapers and generates &#8216;clicks&#8217; online. There is no more &#8220;a goodly number&#8221; of gay pedophiles than there are in any other group you might want to focus upon.<br />
While there are certainly gay teachers, there&#8217;s no more of a likelihood of them being pedophiles than straight teachers. Indeed, if we go by the general population statistics, there is a 90% chance that any pedophile teachers are straight.<br />
I also want to be sure you are clear on what pedophilia is: it&#8217;s the sexual attraction to PRE-pubescent children. I suspect you are equating pedophilia with hebephilia, the strong, persistent sexual interest by adults in pubescent children who are in early adolescence, typically ages 11–14, and ephebophilia, the sexual interest in mid-to-late adolescents, generally ages 15 to 19.<br />
Ask any woman how many men hit on or sexually harassed her almost the moment she hit puberty. Those were not gay men.<br />
Most straight men are not pedophiles.<br />
Most gay men are not pedophiles.<br />
Pedophilia is not a sexual orientation, nor does it have anything to do with one&#8217;s sexual orientation.<br />
Pride month and the Pride flag represent a large number of wonderful, intelligent, artistic, caring, loving, brave, outgoing, shy, professionals, artists, laborers, and more. Basically, every type of person you can think of.<br />
I&#8217;ll keep flying my flag, and celebrating Pride month.</p>
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		<title>By: Dave M</title>
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		<dc:creator>Dave M</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2024 23:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jim, I know you as a respectable and a respectful gay man.  However, clearly you do not want to recognize the truth that there are a goodly number of gay pedophiles, (yes some teaching in our schools,) who are after especially the teens.  Because your chosen flag represents those perverts, I cannot and will not support it!  Yes, I find the whole month of June being set aside most offensive!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jim, I know you as a respectable and a respectful gay man.  However, clearly you do not want to recognize the truth that there are a goodly number of gay pedophiles, (yes some teaching in our schools,) who are after especially the teens.  Because your chosen flag represents those perverts, I cannot and will not support it!  Yes, I find the whole month of June being set aside most offensive!</p>
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		<title>By: Jim Reeves</title>
		<link>https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2024/02/16/pflag-tulare-kings-counties-our-families-deserve-better/#comment-138220</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim Reeves</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2024 23:19:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2024/02/16/pflag-tulare-kings-counties-our-families-deserve-better/#comment-138180&quot;&gt;kelly&lt;/a&gt;.

It&#039;s clear from Kelly&#039;s remarks that we still have a lot of educating to do in our area. 
Only the first ten words of her post are factual. The rest spring from ignorance, misinformation, and outright lies told to mislead.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://www.ourvalleyvoice.com/2024/02/16/pflag-tulare-kings-counties-our-families-deserve-better/#comment-138180">kelly</a>.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s clear from Kelly&#8217;s remarks that we still have a lot of educating to do in our area.<br />
Only the first ten words of her post are factual. The rest spring from ignorance, misinformation, and outright lies told to mislead.</p>
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		<title>By: kelly</title>
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		<dc:creator>kelly</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 20:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I understand that what I just read is an “opinion,” its also a idiotic one that says “we know “ from history and science that there have always been LGBQ and on and on, kinds of people. Well there has  always been mental illness, child abuse , and many more things that people can easily claim they were born with…. not everything should be celebrated and those who encourage those with gender dysphoria, especially minors to undergo radical surgeries that cut off body parts should be put in prison.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I understand that what I just read is an “opinion,” its also a idiotic one that says “we know “ from history and science that there have always been LGBQ and on and on, kinds of people. Well there has  always been mental illness, child abuse , and many more things that people can easily claim they were born with…. not everything should be celebrated and those who encourage those with gender dysphoria, especially minors to undergo radical surgeries that cut off body parts should be put in prison.</p>
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